Security

Apple promises Flashback malware killer

Week after firms put infected Macs at 600,000+, acknowledges infections

Japanese ATMs to use palm readers in place of cash cards

A local Japanese bank says cardless ATMs are well-suited for natural disasters where customers lose their cards

Critical Patch Tuesday bulletin addresses Microsoft Office attack seen in the wild

Bulletins warn of SQL Server, Visual Basic, IE threats as well

Microsoft patches critical Windows zero-day bug that hackers are now exploiting

Fixes first security flaw in Windows 8 Consumer Preview

How to Tell If an Email Is a Phishing Scam

FBI: Child porn “computer expert” added to Top Ten Fugitive list

FBI says Eric Toth regularly uses the Internet and social networking websites

Brothers plead guilty to stealing $1.4M in crazy online scam

Software glitch left Nordstrom.com open to crime that didn’t pan out for pair

US Army: Military finds IT security certification difficulties

Military staff shortages force Army to alter its certification guidelines

ICE, DOJ seize more domain names of sites accused of selling counterfeits

The two agencies have seized 758 domain names since June 2010 in an effort to combat counterfeiting

An ethical hacker’s view on mobile malware and how to stop it